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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 1d

Damn, The Las Vegas Sun newspaper, @lasvegassun.bsky.social, is calling it like it is:

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Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 2h

Kidnapped in international waters, extraordinary rendition to a genocidal state, and then imprisoned indefinitely.

You'd think this would trigger the immediate expulsion of the Israeli Ambassador for these inexcusable actions against an Australian citizen.

Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 2h

An Australian woman who has not agreed to sign a waiver acknowledging she sought to 'illegally break Israel’s naval blockade' on Gaza will be “indefinitely detained” in Israel’s Ketziot prison unless she agrees to sign the waiver.

Australian woman on pro-Palestinian aid flotilla will be ‘indefinitely detained’ by Israel unless she signs waiver

Madeleine Habib, who captained the Conscience ship, was arrested by Israeli forces on 8 October and detained in Israel’s Ketziot prison

www.theguardian.com

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 2h

Naoise's brother is asking Irish people to please contact the government #Speirgorm

My sister @NaoiseDolan, alongside other members of the Thousand Madleens flotilla, has been abducted by Israeli forces while on a humanitarian mission to break the illegal siege and deliver aid to Gaza.
Please join me in urging the Irish government to demand their safe return.

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𝖑𝖚𝖐𝖊 𝖇𝖔𝖓𝖉 @lukeb0nd.bsky.social · 1h

Discovered github.com/nektos/act which runs GitHub actions locally in containers and dark magic. It just works! No more
chore: fix ci
chore: debugging ci
chore: FFFFFFfffffffu
etc.
You need to give it an access token of course.

GitHub - nektos/act: Run your GitHub Actions locally 🚀

Run your GitHub Actions locally 🚀. Contribute to nektos/act development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 1h

this. Look, I have no problem with an app/device that does vastly better when connected. But it must continue to perform the basic tasks if the company goes under.

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 2h

any product that depends on the long term stability of its maker is inherently defective

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2h

They brick you because they can.

squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 1h

wait, where will they be "held"? and "Under this scenario, which the ECB described as highly unlikely, 13 of the 2,025 banks... would deplete their...cash buffer, as measured by the Liquidity Coverage Ratio."

that's it? That's the worst case? if there is a DEuro, why wouldn't banks hold those, too?

Reuters @reuters.com · 1h

Digital euro could drain up to 700 billion euros of deposits in bank run, ECB says reut.rs/3KKcNGP

Digital euro could drain up to 700 billion euros of deposits in bank run, ECB says

A digital euro could drain up to 700 billion euros ($810.88 billion) in deposits during a run on commercial banks, pushing around a dozen euro zone lenders into a liquidity squeeze, a European Central Bank simulation showed on Friday.

reut.rs

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Lorin Hochstein @norootcause.surfingcomplexity.com · 1d

New blog post: The illegible nature of software development talent

surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/10/08/t...

The illegible nature of software development talent

Here’s another blog post on gathering some common threads from reading recent posts. Today’s topic is about the unassuming nature of talented software engineers. The first thread was a …

surfingcomplexity.blog

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squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 2h

Charles fucking nails the landing with Wiley E.

Charles Fitzgerald @charlesfitz.bsky.social · 4h

platformonomics.com/2025/10/they...

OpenAI's Financial Future: They Don't Have the Money

Explore OpenAI's staggering financial commitments and the challenges that may trigger a Wile E Coyote moment for AI.

platformonomics.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 14h

Lord Heseltine, "Brexit is now having a debilitating effect on the UK.. It will be reversed, not it, when..The deception of Brexit has exposed Britain"

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squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 3h

Israel has its own hostages because of course

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 18h

Netanyahu's mouthpiece, Amit Segal, casually admits on Twitter that his country has been holding 1,700 people from Gaza hostage, including children.

Among other things, according to the decision:

- 250 security prisoners will be released.
- 1,700 residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre will be released.
- 22 minors under the age of 18, residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre, will be released.
- 360 bodies of terrorists will be returned.

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 15h

I am dealing with a “thorny problem” right now, today. It is hard and scary because IT IS ALWAYS HARD AND SCARY. But it is also where you do your best work. It is where stories go from “meh” to “WOW”. When I fix it - because that is the job - I will be that much closer to something worth reading.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 15h

s'all good

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 18h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 15h

The apple harvest is underway in upstate NY. Reflective film is on the ground at many orchards to allow the apples to get extra sun. This can turn a warm day into a hot one for workers, as the sun’s rays are magnified and bounced onto the workers. #WeFeedYou

An apple orchard in upstate New York with reflective film on the ground to catch more heat

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 15h

Tonight, Virginians will get their one and only chance to see Abigail Spanberger (D) and Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) debate as they compete for governor.

Here’s how to watch:

The Virginia governor's debate is tonight. Here's what to watch for.

Republican Winsome Earle-Sears will face Democrat Abigail Spanberger at Norfolk State University in the only debate planned ahead of the Virginia governor's race.

www.washingtonpost.com

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squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 15h

yet another #kavanaughstop

Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15h

Brett Kavanaugh assures me this is the sort of minor inconvenience that shouldn't disturb anyone.

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 16h

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 15h

Because everyone cares about massive NVidia workloads in massive Kubernetes clusters, I give you azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/m...

The megai cluster. Get it while supplies last.

NVIDIA GB300 NVL72: Next-generation AI infrastructure at scale | Microsoft Azure Blog

Explore how the NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 delivers high-performance AI infrastructure, global availability, and faster model training on Azure.

azure.microsoft.com

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 17h

what the fuck

Snowden St. @snowden.st · May 14

Yeah, this was in Dallas in the late 90s, but we had 4 armed men come in with real unloaded guns, and take a few of us aside. Said they were here to kill believers, and asked if we were believers. After we all said "Yes", they unmasked themselves as dads from church.

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squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 18h

welcome to Italy. In the end, they manage to make it all work, but it's stressful actually paying attention to rules, or sense, sometimes. Learn to ignore them, and just argue that it's your turn and you get it.

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squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 20h

I love that story

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squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 20h

I have a very large list of incomplete requirements that lead to exploits. Not sure what a baseline means in this case. Android is just a linux distro for little things, but it'll take any little thing (which is great!) but doesn't have to pay as much attention.

squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 20h

and how large the tent actually is. The world is plenty large to have crap humans in the margins; but small businesses... no no noo no no

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squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 23h

"may" is doing a lot of work there. But I hope the EU takes this as the challenge it is. Let's do this

Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 23h

On this, from a recent IISS analysis:

"Russia’s summer offensive has failed at enormous cost in troops. Its diplomatic strategy for America has fallen short. It faces a slow tsunami of European defence spending (...)
In short, time may no longer be on Russia’s side."

The Russia–Ukraine war has entered a new phase

Recent policy choices by America, Europe and China, and domestic economic strains, are reshaping Russia’s calculus. Since time may no longer be on its side, it is challenging Western resolve in more risky and aggressive ways. This is certain to escalate unless Europe responds.

www.iiss.org

squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 23h

Good enough to run with, for sure

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 23h

Unfortunately